Aug. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1739

Town and Rural Lands at Hanmer Springs, Canterbury,
for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 18th August, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned town
and rural sections, being subdivisions of the Hanmer
Springs Reserve, will be offered for lease by public auction,
for a term of forty-two years, at Hanmer Sanatorium,
Hanmer Springs, on Tuesday, 14th October, 1902, under
the provisions of section 242 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and
subject to the conditions stated hereunder.

In the event of any of the sections not being disposed of
at auction, they will immediately thereafter be open for
lease on application at the District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, at the upset rentals named, subject to the
same general conditions of lease.

If more than one application is received for the same
section on the same day, the order of selection shall be
decided by ballot at the next following meeting of the Land
Board.

SCHEDULE.

HANMER SPRINGS RESERVE.

Hanmer Springs Village.

| 14 | .. | 27 0 6 | 1 7 0 |
| Part 45 | .. | 62 0 0 | 1 11 0 |

Sections 5, 6, 7, and 14, of Block II., Hanmer Springs
Township, are weighted with the following amounts for
improvements existing upon the land: Section 5, £5 14s.
for fencing and planting; Section 6, £2 15s. for fencing and
planting; Section 7, £5 14s. for fencing and planting; and
Section 14, £1 10s. for fencing. These sums must be paid
by the successful bidder upon the fall of the hammer, or by
the applicant at the time of application, in addition to the
first half-year’s rent and lease fee.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A deposit of a half-year’s rent, together with £1 1s.
   lease fee, and the amount of valuation for improvements, if
   any, must be paid on the fall of the hammer, or with the
   application for the lease.

2. Possession will be given on day of sale, or on approval
   by the Land Board of the application.

3. The leases will be for a term of forty-two years.

4. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free
   of all deductions whatsoever; and if not paid within twenty-
   one days after due date the lessor may re-enter upon the
   land and determine the lease.

5. The lessee shall have no right to mortgage, sublet,
   transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion
   of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written
   consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and
   obtained.

6. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and
   shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of
   the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

7. The lessee shall prevent the growth or spread of
   gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious weeds or plants
   on the land comprised in the lease, and he shall with all
   reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all
   gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds or plants,
   as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lessee shall not carry on, or permit to be carried
   on, upon the land or any part thereof, any noisy, noxious,
   or offensive trade or manufacture, or do or suffer to be done
   thereon any act or thing whatsoever which may be an
   annoyance to the lessor or to any other lessee in the neigh-
   bourhood.

9. In the event of the lessee, upon the expiry of the term,
   not again becoming the occupier of the land under a fresh
   lease, he shall be entitled to payment of valuation for all
   improvements which he shall have effected upon the land,
   so far as the same are existing and unexhausted.

10. The lessee of every town section shall, within one
    year from the date of selection, erect upon each section a
    permanent building of a value of at least £50.

11. The lessee of each village allotment shall put on the
    land comprised in his lease substantial improvements of a
    permanent character, within the meaning of section 3 of
    “The Land Act, 1892,” as follows:—

Within one year from the date of his lease, to a value
equal to 10 per cent. of the capital value of the land;
Within two years from the date of his lease, to a value
equal to another 10 per cent. of the capital value of
the land;
And thereafter, but within six years from the date of
his lease, to a value equal to another 10 per cent. of
the capital value of the land, and, in addition thereto,
a value equal to £1 for every acre of Section 14 and
10s. for every acre of Section 45.

Sale plans may be obtained at the District Lands and
Survey Office, Christchurch.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Town of Rotorua, Auckland, for Lease by Public
Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 16th August, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that the leases of the undermen-
tioned lots in the Town of Rotorua will be submitted
for sale by public auction at this office on Friday, the
31st October, 1902, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

TOWN OF ROTORUA.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, ninety-nine years.

2. Rents are payable half-yearly in advance to the Re-
   ceiver of Land Revenue, Auckland; and the first half-yearly
   payment is to be made on the fall of the hammer.

3. Sections to be improved within one year from the
   date of the lease to the value of ten times the annual rental.
   No valuation for improvements will be allowed at the end
   of the term of lease.

4. No lease to be assigned, underlet, or the possession
   thereof parted with except with the consent in writing
   of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland.

5. All rates, taxes, charges, and assessments whatsoever
   to be paid by the lessee.

6. All buildings erected to be kept in good repair and con-
   dition, and in the erection of any building upon the sections
   within the town the lessee must abide by and conform to
   the alignment of streets and roads, and to all by-laws and
   regulations made by the local authority intrusted with
   the administration of the local affairs of the Township of
   Rotorua.

7. Privies, ashpits, and other works of a similar character
   to be constructed and maintained as directed by the local
   authority. All drains and channels, and the sanitary state
   and condition of the premises, to be subject to the by-laws
   and regulations of the local authority.